A cuff-type monitoring device (10), for collecting cardiovascular data relating to an individual user, comprising a control unit housing (7) and a cuff assembly (18) coupled or attached to the control unit housing, the cuff assembly (18) comprising an inner layer (1), an inflatable bladder (2), an cuff holder (3), forming an structural resilient armature of the cuff assembly, an intermediate sheet (4), an outer band (5), wherein the cuff assembly is configured, in use, to surround a upper limb of the individual, with the inner layer in contact with the upper limb, wherein control unit housing comprises at least a pump (72) configured to inflate the inflatable bladder, wherein the intermediate sheet (4) is made in an inextensible, i.e. non-stretchable, fabric and there is provided a border joint or seam at least on three sides on a peripheral border of the inflatable bladder, the border joint joining and securing together the inner layer (1), the inflatable bladder (2), the intermediate sheet (4), and the an outer band (5).
